12:42 AM,
Dec. 19, 2013

Written by

Ledyard King
Democrat Washington Bureau

It raises airline fees on passengers, unwelcome news for the state's $72 billion tourism industry. It cuts cost-of-living increases for military retirees under the age of 62, a hit to thousands of veterans across the state. It forces newly hired federal workers in Florida and elsewhere pay more into their pension accounts.

And it does so without extending long-term unemployment benefits beyond the end of the year, a decision projected to affect more than 260,000 Floridians who have been ...